Water-closet



(No Model.)

C. F. PIKE.

WATER CLOSET.

No. 270,(981. Patented Jan.23,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

w OHARLES F. PIKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL ANTl-SEWER GAS COMPANY, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. -270,981, dated January 23, 1883.

' i Application filed August 7, 1882. (Xo model.)

To all whom it may concern 'into 'the container.

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. PIKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets, ot' which the following is a specitication, reference being had therein to the acconpan ying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation, part] y sectional, on line 2 2, Fig. 2, of a water-closetemhodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 1 1, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View of pull and push rod mechanism. Fig. et is a,hroken section of a modification of same. Fig. 5 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is 'an elevation of modified form ot' valve; and Figs. 7 and 8 are sections on the lines 4 t and 5 5, respectively, of Fig. 3. i

My invention has relation to water-closets, and has for its object to so construct such devices that Sewer-gas or fecal-matter odor cannot escape therefrom.

My invention accordingly consists of a watercloset having a bowl and a container in which a pocket or chamber is formed of such dimensions that the pull-rod 'and Operating mechanism for the clapper or' pan are received therein. To said container is secured the watercock, designed to be opened and closed fromwithin the container, all drip or waste water from the cock'passing directly therefrom The openingin the latter through which the pull-rod passes is scaled by means of a rubber or flexihle packing or valve.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a water-closet bowl sealed at a on the container B. The latter is formed with a pocket or chamber, b, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

0 representsthe pan or clapper for the bowl, hinged at c c to the container-lid B', and is provided with a segmental gear, c', which meshes with a like gear, d, pivotedat d' to container-partition b', and has an arm or le'- ver, d', provided with a pin, d entering a slot, e, in the pull and push rod E. The latter extends up through a tube, F, depending from a projection,B on lid B', as shown. On the lower end of tube F is a flange,f, andf' is a rubber ring or gasket seated thereon. surrounding said tube is a disk, g, formingthe top of a cylinder, G, secnred to or formed on rod E. Said disk sents itself on rubber ring f', and forms a valve for scaling the tube F, so

'that no seWer-gas or t'ecal-nater odor in the 5 container can pass out thereof or escape therefrom.

'El represents the water cock, of any suitable Construction. his the supply-pipe therefor, and

h' the flushing-pipe for the bowl. 6.0

It will be noticed that the cock His seoured to the side of the container, so that the pushrod 7 for its'valve projects into the container, as shown, and is operatel by the side d ot' gear d.

The operation ot' the foregoing.-described parts is as follows: The closet having been used, the rod E is elevated. As itrises the disk g leaves ruhberf' and assumes the position shown in dotted lines oc, Fig. l. 'The arm d' is also raised, rotatin g gears d and c' to lower the clapper or pan C. At the same time the edge d of gear d pushes in rod h of the cock H, opening the latter, and the bowl is flushed. All water and fecal natter therein drop into chamber 13 of the container, and pass from thence to the usual P or S trap'and soil-pipe. When rod E is depressed the movements of said parts are reversed, the disk g seats itself on rubberf', the pan or clapper U is returned to its normal position, and the cock H is permitted to close.

It will he seen that the container is made air-tight and no sewer-gas or odors can escape therefrom. V

The chamber b' is so located, as is plainly seen in Fig. 2, that nothing dropping ont of the bowl will fall thereinto. consequently the mechanism contained thereinis preserved from allcontact with fecal matter or water.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the rubber riugf' placed in a recess in' the lid B' and the oylinder Gr placed on the. rod E exterior to the container, its lower edge resting or seating upon the rubber ringf'; or, if desired, an or- 5 I dinary valve, L, may be formed on rod E as a substitute for disk g and seatff'. The c liuder Gr (shown in Fig. 1) may be filledwith water or mercury, prefe'ably the l'atter, or a running stream of water, in order that when oo rod E is raised the endfof tube F will stili he sealed.

The seal for bowl A (shown in Fig. 2) may be the usual water seal, or a running-water or a disinfectant-water seal may be used therefor, as fully shown and describedin applications made by me of even date herewith.

I have shownthe application of the sealed push-rod E to water-closets provided with containers made separate from the bowls; but it is Vapparent that such rod may be employed on that class of closets wherein the bowls and containers are made in one piece and provided with plng-valvesin lieu of the pans or clappers.

` What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with a water-closet bowl,

'of a container, B,. 'having partitions b' and chambers I 13 the chanber b containing the push-rod, a seal there'or, and mechanism for Operating the pan or clapper of the bowl, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with a water-eloset bowl, a pan or clapper, a eontainer, B, having partition b' and chambers b B the chamber I) containing the push-rod E, a seal theref'or, and Operating mechanism for the pan or clapper, which also moves the sten of the water-cock projecting into said ehanher, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of container B, lid B', provided with projection B and dependingtube F, fianged atf, the rubber ringf', and rod E, having cylinder G, With head g, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with tube F, Secured to lid or frame B', having fiangef and rubber ringf', of rod E, provided with cylinder Gand head g, substantially as shown and' described.

5. The combination of bow] A, having pan orclapper G, the container B, having chambers b B the lid B', the push-rod E, provided with means for sealing the opening in the lid through which it passes, and nechanisn interposed between said rod and the pan or clap per for Operating the latter, substantially as used for the purposes set forth.

6. The conbination of bowl A, pan or clapper C, container B, composed of chambers b 13 lid B push-rod E, having slot e, and pro vided with means for scaling the hearing through which it passes,and mechanism interposed between said rod and pan or. ciapper and between the stem of the water-cock for Operating said pan and eiapper, substantially as shown and described.

. 7. The combination, with a water-closet, ofa

C HARLES F. PIKE.

VVitnesses S. J. VAN STAVOREN, UHAS F. VAN HORN. 

